Robert Badinter, Who Won Fight to End Death Penalty in France, Dies at 95
Briefly

Robert Badinter never ceased to advocate the Enlightenment, President Emmanuel Macron wrote on social media, hailing him as a figure of the century who incarnated the French spirit.
Tomorrow, thanks to you, France's justice will no longer be a justice that kills, Mr. Badinter told lawmakers in 1981, in a fiery, hourslong speech defending the law.
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